WesternSure® ECL Stripping Buffer 5X

Components

WesternSure ECL Stripping Buffer, 5X

 926-92000

Storage: Room temperature

Applications

Nitrocellulose and PVDF membranes used for chemiluminescent Western blotting detection can be stripped and re-probed using WesternSure ECL Stripping Buffer. The stripping buffer is a robust, non-hazardous formulation for stripping primary and secondary antibodies from Western blots to enable a membrane to be reprobed several times. WesternSure ECL Stripping Buffer is ideal for use with a variety of chemiluminescent substrates including WesternSure Chemiluminescent Substrates.

Required Materials

  • Buffer, such as Tris-buffered saline (TBS) or phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) with 0.1% Tween® 20

  • Primary and secondary antibodies for Western blot experiments

  • Chemiluminescent substrate

  • C‑DiGit Blot Scanner, Odyssey M Imager, Odyssey XF Imager, Odyssey XF Imager, or other imaging system capable of detecting chemiluminescent signal

Protocol

Blots may be stored in TBS or PBS until the stripping procedure can be performed. Do not allow blots to dry out.

Performance of stripping buffer may be compromised for protein amounts over 30 µg.

  1. Before you begin, inspect the WesternSure ECL Stripping Buffer for precipitated material.

    If precipitated material is apparent, gently swirl the bottle in a warm water bath until precipitate is dissolved.

  2. Prepare 1X Working Solution by mixing one part WesternSure ECL Stripping Buffer with four parts laboratory-grade water.

  3. Place the blot in 1X Working Solution and incubate for 15 minutes at room temperature on an orbital shaker. Use a sufficient volume of Working Solution to ensure that the blot is completely submerged.

    Use the Working Solution at room temperature. Higher temperatures and higher concentrations lead to lower stripping efficiency.

  4. Remove the blot from the Working Solution and wash in TBS or PBS with 0.1% Tween 20 at room temperature for 5 minutes on an orbital shaker.

    Repeat the wash two times.

  5. Proceed to blocking step.

Imaging

Some residual signal may appear on a membrane imaged after stripping. To evaluate the relative amount of signal remaining, compare the original image to the second image in the Image Gallery of Empiria Studio® Software or LI‑COR® Acquisition Software or in Image Studio™ Software.

Each imager and scanner's imaging parameters varies slightly. Please reference the imager or scanner's user manual for more information.

Step-by-step image acquisition workflows are available in LI‑COR Acquisition Software. Use the recommended imaging parameters to help optimize acquisition for comparison purposes.

Both images must be imaged at the same image intensity (C‑DiGit Blot Scanner) or the same Acquisition Time (Odyssey M Imager, Odyssey XF Imager, or Odyssey XF Imager).

For LI‑COR Acquisition Software and Empiria Studio, match the images' display settings in the Image Gallery.

  1. Open the first image in the Image Gallery and view its display settings values (e.g., Min and Max) .

  2. Set the image display settings (e.g., Min and Max) to the same values as the second image.

For Image Studio, compare the images with their lookup tables linked. More detailed instructions can be found by searching the Image Studio Help for the phrase "link lookup".

  1. Select the images to compare in the Images Table and apply a selection filter to the selected images by clicking CTRL + J.

  2. Click Link above the Brightness and Contrast sliders.